TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's unemployment rate in May
jumped to 10.2 percent.
The state agency that tracks unemployment numbers said Friday
that unemployment rose by half a percentage point over the revised
April figure of 9.7 percent.
The Agency for Workforce Innovation said 943,000 Floridians
workers are out of a job.
More than 417,000 Floridians have lost jobs in the last year. In
May 2008, the state's unemployment number stood at 5.8 percent.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Nearly 1 Million Floridians Out Of Work
Florida's unemployment rate soared to 10.2% in May, nearly double what it was a year ago.
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